Whether you want to talk about the Oscars, hear live music, or have tea with fairies, we've got you covered this week. Check out these local event highlights.

See Solas at The Ark. Led by multi-instrumentalist Seamus Egan on banjo, mandolin, guitar, flute, and tin whistle, Solas is the hottest of several young Irish-American bands who play traditional Celtic music with an expansive contemporary edge. The band also includes fiddler Winifred Horan, accordionist and concertina player Mick McAuley, guitarist and keyboardist Eamon McElholm, and vocalist Niam Varian-Berry. Sunday at â¨7:30 p.m. at The Ark, 316 S. Main St. in Ann Arbor. Tickets $22.50, available at mutotix.com and theark.org, or by phone at 734-763-TKTS.

Hear U-M's University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir, University Choir, and Orpheus Singers. On the heels of Presidents Day, Christopher Kendall and Jerry Blackstone will conduct these ensembles of music majors in U-M music professor Michael Daugherty's "Mount Rushmore" - a song setting of texts by George Washington, William Billings, Thomas Jefferson, Maria Cosway, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln that's divided into movements that represent each of the 4 presidents carved into Mount Rushmore. â¨Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Hill Auditorium; admission is free.

Talk Oscars with Martin Bandyke and Russ Collins. The Ann Arbor District Library hosts a discussion between 107.1-FM morning host Bandyke and Michigan Theater executive director Collins about the 2014 Oscars. Plus, there will be a preview of hot films coming to the Michigan this year. â¨Wednesday at 7-8:30 p.m. in the AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. in Ann Arbor. Admission is free.

Laugh with Mike Green at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. This popular comic, winner of the 2004 Michigan Comedy Survivor competition, performs with a nervous energy that regularly explodes into bizarre observations and goofy enlightenments about jumping rope, talking sirens, bar codes, and other pointless things you've never stopped to think about. 8 p.m. on Thursday, 8 and 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, at 314 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor. $8-$11 in advance, $10-$13 at the door. 734-996-9080.

Have tea with the fairies. The Crazy Wisdom staff will dress up as fairies to sprinkle fairy dust and serve tea, petits fours, and cookies to kids and their families. There will also be fairy stories and readings. Bring your own fairy wings and dolls to the tea.â¨Thursday at 1 and 4 p.m. at Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main St. in Ann Arbor. $11 (babies age 18 months & younger, free). Preregistration required. Call 734-665-2757.

Jenn McKee is an entertainment reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at jennmckee@mlive.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.